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A solar C/O and sub-solar metallicity in a hot Jupiter atmosphere

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  • Michael R. Line

    (Arizona State University
    Virtual Planetary Laboratory Team)

  • Matteo Brogi

    (University of Warwick
    University of Warwick
    INAF—Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino)

  • Jacob L. Bean

    (University of Chicago)

  • Siddharth Gandhi

    (University of Warwick
    University of Warwick)

  • Joseph Zalesky

    (Arizona State University)

  • Vivien Parmentier

    (University of Oxford)

  • Peter Smith

    (Arizona State University)

  • Gregory N. Mace

    (University of Texas at Austin)

  • Megan Mansfield

    (University of Chicago)

  • Eliza M.-R. Kempton

    (University of Maryland)

  • Jonathan J. Fortney

    (University of California)

  • Evgenya Shkolnik

    (Arizona State University
    Virtual Planetary Laboratory Team)

  • Jennifer Patience

    (Arizona State University)

  • Emily Rauscher

    (University of Michigan)

  • Jean-Michel Désert

    (University of Amsterdam)

  • Joost P. Wardenier

    (University of Oxford)

Abstract

Measurements of the atmospheric carbon (C) and oxygen (O) relative to hydrogen (H) in hot Jupiters (relative to their host stars) provide insight into their formation location and subsequent orbital migration1,2. Hot Jupiters that form beyond the major volatile (H2O/CO/CO2) ice lines and subsequently migrate post disk-dissipation are predicted have atmospheric carbon-to-oxygen ratios (C/O) near 1 and subsolar metallicities2, whereas planets that migrate through the disk before dissipation are predicted to be heavily polluted by infalling O-rich icy planetesimals, resulting in C/O

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  • Michael R. Line & Matteo Brogi & Jacob L. Bean & Siddharth Gandhi & Joseph Zalesky & Vivien Parmentier & Peter Smith & Gregory N. Mace & Megan Mansfield & Eliza M.-R. Kempton & Jonathan J. Fortney & E, 2021. "A solar C/O and sub-solar metallicity in a hot Jupiter atmosphere," Nature, Nature, vol. 598(7882), pages 580-584, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:598:y:2021:i:7882:d:10.1038_s41586-021-03912-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03912-6
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